Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8852767 | Chemosphere | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Gemfibrozil, a common lipid regulator, enters aquatic environments through treated municipal wastewater effluent that fails to remove it completely from effluent streams. When exposed to gemfibrozil concentrations of 50, 500, 5,000, and 50,000 ng Lâ1, Daphnia magna showed increased lipid reserves by 14-21% (significant at 500 ng Lâ1), increased length by 9-13% (significant at 50 ng Lâ1), increased mass by 6-13% (significant at 50 ng Lâ1) and increased neonate production by 57-74% (significant at 50 ng Lâ1). Gemfibrozil-exposed Daphnia held under conditions where food availability was low, grew and reproduced as well as those in the control. Taken together, these results suggest that gemfibrozil exposure within environmentally relevant concentration ranges is not toxic to Daphnia magna but has the potential to be beneficial to the species under these conditions.
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Authors
Dylan Steinkey, Ebrahim Lari, Samuel G. Woodman, Kim H. Luong, Charles S. Wong, Greg G. Pyle,